Ken Stanford

The U.S. stock market eked out modest gains in early trading Friday, a day after suffering its biggest decline in six weeks.

The top diplomats for Russia and the U.S. voiced pessimism Friday about negotiating an immediate end to the crisis in Ukraine, whose strategic Crimea region is voting this weekend about whether to secede.

North Dakota's sole abortion clinic in Fargo has settled a lawsuit it filed over a new law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital-admitting privileges.

On the heels of Site Selection Magazine naming Gainesville-Hall County among its

Chalk up one partisan election-year battle that senators seem likely to resolve when they return from recess later this month - the fight over renewing expired benefits for the long-term unemployed.

Authorities in south Georgia say five state prison guards accused of assaulting inmates have been fired and arrested.

Georgia lawmakers have given final approval to a plan intended to prevent wildlife die-offs in the lower Flint River.

Stocks closed sharply lower as tensions flare up over Russia's presence in Ukraine.